A pipe joint between cylindrical male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate assembly of the couplers. Cooperating projections on the couplers cam past one another when the couplers are assembled and restrain the couplers against separation. A gasket is interposed between the couplers, and the couplers are articulatable at least several degrees to permit some curvature to a string of pipe. The couplers have splines received in annular sockets in the ends of pipes, and the sockets are filled with adhesive to retain the splines therein. The gasket is prelubricated and protected by a plastic wrap that also provides protection against ultraviolet rays. cylindrical ring couplers are formed by extruding a strip having a coupler cross-sectional profile, cutting a length of the strip and fusing the ends at a joint. The joint is deburred and polished, and the ring is heated and placed on a mandrel where the ring cools to relieve stress in the plastic and provide the final cylindrical configuration.
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11. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, a gasket on said male coupler between said male coupling terminal end portion and said male coupler projection, and said female coupler having an inner surface sealingly engaged by said gasket.
1. A cylindrical female pipe coupler b having a longitudinal axis 30, said coupler having a spline portion 32 and a female coupling portion 34 extending in opposite directions generally parallel to said axis 30, said spline portion 32 being attachable to a pipe A, said female coupling portion 34 having inner and outer surfaces 36, 38 and a terminal end 42, a sloping cam surface 44 extending from said terminal end 42 in a direction toward said longitudinal axis 30 and back toward said spline portion 32, said cam surface 44 terminating at an intersection 46 with a shoulder 48 that extends from said inner surface 38 of said female coupling portion 34 toward said longitudinal axis 30 so that said intersection 46 is spaced toward said longitudinal axis 30 from said inner surface 38 and is spaced toward said spline portion from said terminal end 42 of said female coupling portion 34.
17. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, said couplers and projections being configured to provide longitudinal and angular relative movement between said couplers when said projections have been completely cammed past one another and said male coupler is received in said female coupler, a gasket on said male coupler between said male coupling terminal end portion and said male coupler projection, and said female coupler having an inner surface sealingly engaged by said gasket.
21. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, said couplers and projections being configured to provide longitudinal and angular relative movement between said couplers when said projections have been completely cammed past one another and said male coupler is received in said female coupler, said male coupler having a cylindrical main coupler portion with a cylindrical outer surface and a male spline extending in an opposite direction from said main coupler portion, and said spline being displaced radially outward from said cylindrical outer surface.
22. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, said couplers and projections being configured to provide longitudinal and angular relative movement between said couplers when said projections have been completely cammed past one another and said male coupler is received in said female coupler, said female coupler having a cylindrical main coupler portion with a cylindrical outer surface and a female coupler spline extending in an opposite direction from said main coupler portion, and said female coupler spline being displaced radially inward from said cylindrical outer surface.
4. A cylindrical male pipe coupler having a longitudinal axis, said coupler having a spline portion and a male coupling portion extending generally parallel to said longitudinal axis, said male coupling portion having inner and outer surfaces and a terminal end, said outer surface including a circumferential groove spaced axially from said terminal end and having opposite inner and outer groove sidewalls, a sloping cam surface extending from said terminal end in a direction away from said longitudinal axis and back toward said spline portion to a first intersection with said outer groove sidewall, said outer surface including an outwardly extending circumferential projection adjacent said inner groove sidewall, said projection having a projection outer surface that slopes from said inner groove sidewall in a direction away from said longitudinal axis and back toward said spline portion to a second intersection with a projection inner sidewall, and said second intersection being spaced outwardly from said longitudinal axis farther than said first intersection.
23. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, said couplers and projections being configured to provide longitudinal and angular relative movement between said couplers when said projections have been completely cammed past one another and said male coupler is received in said female coupler, a gasket on said male coupler between said male coupling terminal end portion and said male coupler projection, said female coupler having an inner surface sealingly engaged by said gasket, and said female coupler having an outer surface with an outer surface diameter that is not larger than the outer diameter of a pipe that said female coupler is attached to.
19. A pipe joint between a cylindrical male coupler received in a female coupler, said male and female couplers having terminal end portions with cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate insertion of said male coupler into said female coupler, said male and female couplers having cooperating projections that cam past one another when said male coupler is inserted into said female coupler and that engage one another to inhibit longitudinal separation of said male and female couplers, said couplers and projections being configured to provide longitudinal and angular relative movement between said couplers when said projections have been completely cammed past one another and said male coupler is received in said female coupler, said male coupler having an abutment engageable by said terminal end portion of said female coupler and said female coupler having an abutment engageable by said terminal end portion of said male coupler, and said abutments being longitudinally spaced from said projections to provide spaces for longitudinal and angular movement of said couplers relative to one another.
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This application claims subject matter disclosed in U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/414,551 filed Sep. 27, 2002, the benefit of the filing date of which is hereby claimed.
This application relates to the art of relining sewers and, more particularly, to pipe joints and couplers that connect pipes used for relining sewers. Although the invention is particularly applicable to pipe used for relining sewers and will be described with specific reference thereto, it will be appreciated that the invention has broader aspects and can be used in other environments and for other purposes.
Sewers commonly are relined while water continues to flow through the existing sewer. Adjacent sections of new pipe must be joined together in cramped quarters in a trench where it is difficult to work, and where the pipe end portions are subject to being fouled by dirt. This makes it difficult to assemble a joint between adjacent pipe sections in an efficient and leak-tight manner. It would be desirable to have a pipe joining arrangement that is more efficient and less subject to leakage or contamination by dirt as compared with existing arrangements.
Adjacent sections of plastic pipe used for relining sewers are joined together by male and female coupler members. The couplers have cooperating cam surfaces that facilitate assembly of a joint by guiding a male coupler within a female coupler.
The male and female couplers have cooperating projections that cam past one another when the couplers are assembled and that restrain separation of the couplers once they are assembled.
The couplers have splines that are adhesively bonded within annular sockets on pipe end portions.
An elastomeric gasket bonded to the external surface of the male coupler sealingly engages an internal surface on the female coupler.
The male and female couplers are configured for providing angular movement therebetween up to at least several degrees so that a string of pipe can be curved while maintaining integrity of the joints.
The gasket is prelubricated and wrapped in a protective covering that also provides protection against ultraviolet rays.
The cylindrical couplers are made by forming an extruded length of plastic strip into a generally cylindrical configuration and bonding the end portions together.
The formed coupler ring then is heated and placed on a mandrel where it is allowed to cool for relieving stress therein and assuming its final generally cylindrical configuration.
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved pipe joint between pipes used for relining sewers.
It is an additional object of the invention to provide improved coupler members used for joining adjacent pipe sections.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved pipe joint that is capable of angular movement while maintaining integrity of the joint.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved gasketing arrangement for a pipe joint.
It is another object of the invention to provide a prelubricated gasket that is protected against contamination and ultraviolet rays.
It also is an object of the invention to provide an improved way of forming a generally cylindrical pipe coupler.
Referring now to the drawing, wherein the showings are for purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention only and not for purposes of limiting same,
Inner cylindrical surface 38 of coupler portion 34 intersects cam surface 44 at a radially inwardly extending projection 46 to provide a shoulder 48 that extends generally radially of axis 30 and faces back toward barbed spline 32. Inner cylindrical surface 38 intersects barbed end portion 50 at smoothly curved concave internal shoulder 52 that merges with a straight surface 52a that is inclined at an included angle of around 20° with a radial line from the coupler axis. Shoulders 54 and 56 extend generally radially inwardly and outwardly from barbed end portion 50.
Male coupler C has a generally cylindrical coupler portion 67 extending in an opposite direction from barbed end portion 63 and displaced radially inwardly from barbed spline 60. Coupler portion 67 has a smooth cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface 70. Coupler portion 67 has an end portion 72 opposite from barbed spline 60 and a terminal end 74 that is inclined inwardly from cam surface 76 at an angle of around 20° to a radial line from coupler axis 62. An inclined annular cam surface 76 extends from terminal end 74 in a direction away from longitudinal axis 62 and back toward barbed portion 60. Cam surface 76 lies on the surface of a cone and is inclined to cylindrical inner surface 68 at an included angle therewith of around 20°. Cylindrical outer surface 70 intersects a concavely curved annular portion 75 which in turn intersects a straight surface 75a that is inclined at an included angle of around 20° with a radial line from the coupler axis.
A generally rectangular outer circumferential groove or recess 80 is provided in coupler portion 67 adjacent end portion 72 thereof. Groove 80 intersects cam surface 76 at a radially outwardly extending projection that provides an annular shoulder 82 forming one radially extending sidewall of groove 80. The opposite side of groove 80 has a groove sidewall 84 intersecting an inclined cam surface 86 on a projection 88 that extends radially outwardly from coupler portion 67 to provide a radially extending shoulder 89 that faces toward spline end portion 63. Inclined surface 86 is inclined approximately parallel to cam surface 76.
Within a joint, surface 102 is the gasket surface that is subjected to water pressure from inside of a pipe while rear surface 106 is possibly subjected to pressure from ground water and/or from grouting of the new pipe within the host pipe. Cylindrical inner surface 94 is glued to the bottom of groove 80 in
Rear end 112 of gasket D extends generally parallel to radial sidewall 84 of groove 80 and helps to restrain the gasket against movement during installation of a male coupler within a female coupler so that excessive stress is not applied to the adhesive joint between the gasket and the male coupler. Front inclined surface 102 intersects flat cylindrical inner surface 94 at a generally sharp but curved intersection 114.
Gasket D is spaced from end 74 and cam surface 76 so it is protected from damage when joints are made. If the coupler ends collide while being aligned to make a joint, the gasket is out of harms way and protected against damage.
Couplers B and C are attached to a pipe A by routing out an annular cavity to provide an annular socket as described with reference to
A spline portion 32 or 60 of a coupler then is plunged into the unsolidified adhesive within socket 18 until shoulders 54, 56 or 64, 66 abut the outer end of the pipe adjacent socket 18. Hot melt adhesive at least partly melts and bums into the plastic of pipe A and of a coupler to fuse therewith and firmly bond a coupler to a pipe when the adhesive solidifies or cures. Each pipe has a male coupler attached to one end portion thereof and a female coupler attached to the opposite end portion thereof.
The amount of adhesive placed in a socket is calculated so that the adhesive fills the socket cavity when a spline is plunged into it. Hot melt adhesive forms both a thermal bond and a mechanical interlock to resist forces in all directions. The adhesive also creates a vacuum tight and pressure tight seal between the coupler and pipe. The annular pipe sockets are routed out ten to fifteen percent deeper than the axial length of a spline to allow movement of adhesive from one side to the other before curing.
Pipe having male and female couplers attached thereto is shown in
In the preferred arrangement, the diameter of outer cylindrical surface 36 on female coupler B is not larger than the diameter of pipe outer cylindrical surface 14, and the diameter of male coupler inner cylindrical surface 68 is not smaller than the diameter of pipe inner cylindrical surface 12. Thus, the coupling arrangement does not provide any external enlargement between adjacent pipe sections and does not reduce the internal size of the pipe internal passage.
Axial forces applied for pushing long strings of pipe are maintained generally axially of the pipes by elongated splines 32 and 60 so that the inner or outer pipe walls do not break or telescope.
Radial shoulders 54, 56 and 64, 66 firmly engage the pipe ends to transfer column loads between the pipe and couplers. The entire spline end portions 50, 63 define strong bulkheads on the couplers to withstand large forces and to transfer such forces. Inclined surfaces 52a, 75a are engaged by cooperatively inclined coupler ends 74, 42 to prevent the couplers from telescoping past one another when high column loads are applied to a pipe string. The higher the load, the tighter the engagement between female coupler end 42 and male coupler surface 75a, and between male coupler end 74 and female coupler surface 52a.
Annular cam surfaces 44 and 76 on female and male couplers B, C cooperatively engage one another to facilitate assembly of the couplers to the position shown in
After a string of pipes have been joined together in relining a host pipe, axial force is applied to the pipe string for collapsing all the joints to the general position shown in
The joint of the present application is articulatable as shown in
The couplers are extruded to the cross-sectional shape described as an elongated strip. Appropriate lengths of strip then are cut and bent into a generally cylindrical shape as shown in
Internal and external longitudinal bulges 162, 164 usually will be formed at the joint. These bulges are removed by deburring and polishing equipment to provide smooth cylindrical surfaces. The entire ring then is heated and placed on an appropriately shaped cylindrical mandrel 170 in
The coupling arrangement of the present application provides a lap type of joint and there is nowhere for water to be trapped within the joint so that the joint is easily slammed together once the male coupler has been started into the female coupler.
Installation of liner pipe into a host pipe with live flow is difficult because the pipe is pushed around, and bobs up and down in the flow. When a host pipe is running up to around 50% full of water, it is not possible to see the bottom half of the pipes being coupled. In the arrangement of this application having cam surfaces 44, 76, up to around 60% of the pipe wall thickness between inner and outer surfaces 12, 14 is effectively open to funnel the male coupler within the female coupler. The high strength rigid PVC used for the couplers minimizes the possibility of damage to the coupler ends.
Field assembly of custom pipe lengths can be done by cutting a pipe to a desired length and routing out the ends. The pipe may have male or female couplers attached to both ends, or may have a female coupler attached to one end and a male coupler attached to the opposite end. Two part epoxy is more convenient for securing coupler splines within the routed sockets in the field.
Although the invention has been shown and described with reference to a representative embodiment, it is obvious that alterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the art upon the reading and understanding of this application. Therefore, it is to be understood that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein while remaining within the scope of the claims.
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